The arrival of train No. 349 "Blagoveshchensk-Moscow", where on the eve of the unidentified disease one of the passengers has died , is delayed for an hour. As ITAR-TASS was informed in the reference of the Yaroslavl station of the capital, "it was originally planned that the composition, next with a delay, would arrive in the capital at 04:11 Moscow time." "However, according to the latest data, his arrival is expected at 05:10 Moscow time," the agency’s interlocutor said.

In Yekaterinburg, a scandal associated with the monetization of benefits for pensioners continues. On Thursday, it became known that veterans are ready to defiantly refuse to participate in the parade in honor of Victory Day, since they, according to them, do not have money to travel to the city center. The situation was promptly solved: the Council of Veterans issued 100 rubles to pensioners, the New Region reports.

On this day, on April 16, 1889, actor Charles Spencer Chaplin, a great comedian, who created an unforgettable image of a “little man” with a funny mustache and a cane, writes RIA Novosti, was born in London. The era of Chaplin in cinema lasted almost half a century. Having risen from the bottom, already at the age of 25 he gained worldwide glory and folk love.

The Fab -Design Swiss tuning studio worked on Mercedes McLaren Slr and presented its version of the supercar, which was called "Desire" - "Passion". The masters changed not only the appearance of the car, but its technical indicators. Now the engine under the hood of SLR develops 750 hp. For comparison, the power of the motor in the standard McLaren SLR is 626 hp, reports Worldcarfans .

The United States can soon announce the decision to inflict a ground blow to sea pirates, atrocious off the coast of Somalia. The situation contributes. On the side of the White House, most likely, there will be a congress, and the public, and the media. During the week, the pirates twice attacked the Americans: on April 8 - the Maersk Alabama ship, and on the night of April 15 - Liberty Sun, which were walking under the US flag.

Raser Technologies has developed a new E-Rev Powertrain technology, which can reduce the fuel consumption of even a huge SUV to the level of small-leafing. The technology includes an electric motor, generator and lithium-ion batteries. Batteries are charged from home sockets, writes KP-Avto . All this can be installed on an already manufactured car. So, the company's website has a Hummer H3 test video with an installed hybrid unit.

The exercises held by Russia in the North Caucasus region are purely demonstrative and permanent in relation to Georgia, are not something extraordinary and do not go beyond the scope of planned measures. This statement was made on Thursday at a briefing in Moscow, the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Andrei Nesterenko.

The special services of Bolivia prevented the attempt on President Evo Morales and other senior leaders of the country. Morales himself said about this, as Reuters reports. He reported a shootout with the attackers, which lasted half an hour. Three foreigners were killed. Two people are arrested. Note that this is not the first attempt on Morales, the prevention of which special services reports.

The Bailiff Service of the Russian Federation announced the emergence of a new type of debtors in the country, who were brought to the court by high technologies. More precisely, as on Thursday , Russian Newspaper writes, overdue accounts for the Internet and cable television. The amount, by the way, is mostly small - from eight hundred to eight thousand rubles. But in the era of the crisis, telecommunication companies do not intend to forgive them.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg held the first meeting on the lawsuit of Georgia , accusing Russia of violating the rights of Georgian citizens due to "arbitrary arrests and mass deportations " from Russian territory in 2006-2007. The decision on the acceptability of the complaint will be announced later, RIA Novosti reports. The meeting began at 11:00 Moscow time and, according to the court session posted on the court’s website, lasted about an hour and a half.

The acting representative of the Moscow Patriarchate under European International Organizations, Archpriest Anthony Ilyin called for the creation of an interfraction deputy group to promote the values ​​of Orthodox civilization in the European parliament.

VTB Bank transferred to the ownership of the shares of 11 OJSC shares on the balance sheet of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise Rosspirtprom received on a debt account of 5 billion rubles, the chairman of the Board of VTB Andrei Kostin told Kommersant . Among the enterprises are the most attractive alcohol plants belonging to the state: 51% of the Moscow Plant Crystal OJSC (the second largest liquor plant in Russia in Russia), OJSC Bryanskpirtprom and Yaroslavl LVZ OJSC.

The first lines in the new rating of billionaires of the Russian Forbes were confidently occupied by metallurgists. The oil workers for the most part were able to maintain their positions. And developers and "high -tech" businessmen were overboard the first dozens. In general, the first dozen remained the same, although many of its "constant inhabitants" changed their positions, reports Bfm.ru.

Citizens of Moldova Gabriel Stati and Auren Marinescu, suspected of financing recent riots in Chisinau, are extradited from Ukraine to their homeland. This was announced by Deputy Prosecutor General of Ukraine Alexander Shinalsky. “They are already in Moldova,” he said, noting that according to the information received from the prosecutor's office of the Odessa region, stat and Marinescu “there is no longer in Ukraine”. His words quoted by Interfax .

Ratings in Russia for a week from March 30 to April 05 The event of the week is a show on Channel One Channel Changed by all the conceivable awards of the film "Millionaire from the slum." The work of director Danny Boyle, who became famous for the picture "on the needle", was watched by more than a third of the spectators who were sitting at the time of showing at the TV screens. The share was 34.2%. Rating - 12.7%.